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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>EZEKIEL</span>
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CHAPTER 1
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Ezekiel sees in vision four living creatures, four wheels, and the glory of God on his throne.
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&nbsp;&nbsp;1 <span class='smallcaps'>
Now</span> it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth <i>month,</i> in the fifth <i>day</i> of the month, as I <i>was</i> among the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/1a" mark="a" type="R" title="HEB exiles; TG Israel, Bondage of, in Other Lands.">captives</a> by the river of <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/1/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 10: 15.">Chebar</a>, <i>that</i> the heavens were <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/1/1c" mark="c" type="A" title="Acts 7: 56 (55-56); 1 Ne. 1: 8 (6-11); 1 Ne. 11: 14; D&C 107: 19; D&C 110: 11.">opened</a>, and I saw <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/1/1d" mark="d" type="A" title="Ezek. 8: 3; Ezek. 40: 2; Ezek. 43: 3; 1 Ne. 1: 16; JS-H 1: 24 (21-25).">visions</a> of God.
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In the fifth <i>day</i> of the month, which <i>was</i> the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 24: 1; Ezek. 26: 1; Ezek. 33: 21.">fifth</a> year of king <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/1/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 24: 12 (12, 15).">Jehoiachin</a>’s captivity,
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The word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 3: 15; Ezek. 8: 1; Ezek. 33: 22; Ezek. 37: 1; Ezek. 40: 1.">hand</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> was there upon him.
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&#182; And I looked, and, behold, a <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 2: 11.">whirlwind</a> came out of the north, a great cloud, and a <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/1/4b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE continuous fire.">fire</a> infolding itself, and a brightness <i>was</i> about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
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Also out of the midst thereof <i>came</i> the likeness of four living <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Symbolism.">creatures</a>.  And this <i>was</i> their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
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And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
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And their feet <i>were</i> straight feet; and the sole of their feet <i>was</i> like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 40: 3.">brass</a>.
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And <i>they had</i> the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
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Their wings <i>were</i> joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 10: 11.">straight</a> forward.
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As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
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Thus <i>were</i> their faces: and their <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 77: 4.">wings</a> <i>were</i> stretched upward; two <i>wings</i> of every one <i>were</i> joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
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And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; <i>and</i> they turned not when they went.
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As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance <i>was</i> like burning coals of fire, <i>and</i> like the appearance of <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rev. 4: 5.">lamps</a>: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
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And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
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&#182; Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 7: 9.">wheel</a> upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
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The appearance of the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 10: 9.">wheels</a> and their work <i>was</i> like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work <i>was</i> as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
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When they <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 10: 11.">went</a>, they went upon their four sides: <i>and</i> they turned not when they went.
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As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings <i>were</i> full of eyes round about them four.
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And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
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Whithersoever the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 10: 17.">spirit</a> was to go, they went, thither <i>was their</i> spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature <i>was</i> in the wheels.
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When those went, <i>these</i> went; and when those stood, <i>these </i>stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature <i>was</i> in the wheels.
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And the likeness of the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/22a" mark="a" type="Q" title="HEB expanse over; Ezek. 10: 1.">firmament</a> upon the heads of the <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/1/22b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 10: 20.">living</a> creature <i>was</i> as the <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/1/22c" mark="c" type="P" title="HEB appearance of wonderful crystal.">colour</a> of the terrible <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/1/22d" mark="d" type="A" title="Rev. 4: 6; D&C 77: 1; D&C 130: 9 (7-9).">crystal</a>, stretched forth over their heads above.
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And under the firmament <i>were</i> their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
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And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 43: 2; Rev. 1: 15; Hel. 12: 9; 3 Ne. 11: 3; D&C 110: 3.">voice</a> of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
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And there was a voice from the firmament that <i>was</i> over their heads, when they stood, <i>and</i> had let down their wings.
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&#182; And above the firmament that <i>was</i> over their heads <i>was</i> the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 10: 1.">throne</a> <i>was</i> the likeness as the <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/1/26b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Appearances, Antemortal.">appearance</a> of a man above upon it.
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And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 8: 2.">fire</a> round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
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As the appearance of the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/1/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rev. 4: 3.">bow</a> that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so <i>was</i> the appearance of the brightness round about.  This <i>was</i> the <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/1/28b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Privilege of Seeing.">appearance</a> of the likeness of the <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/1/28c" mark="c" type="C" title="Ezek. 11: 22; TG Jesus Christ, Glory of.">glory</a> of the <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/1/28d" mark="d" type="A" title="Isa. 6: 3 (2-3); Rev. 4: 8 (7-9)."><span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span></a>.  And when I saw <i>it,</i> I <sup>e</sup><a href="ezek/1/28e" mark="e" type="A" title="Ezek. 3: 23 (23-24); Ezek. 44: 4; Acts 9: 4 (3-5); Ether 3: 6 (6-8).">fell</a> upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
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